Management and Organizational Studies 2285- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 81 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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The political environment comprises institutions that: influence the political environment through their policies: pass laws and establish regulations implement and enforce laws and regulations. Decisions affecting the political environment are made at the: international level eu, un: national level federal governments regional level provincial or state local level - municipal. Unitary systems: decision-making power is centralized in hands of central government - the regions have little or no autonomy. Federal systems: power is shared between the centre and the regions. Countries usually have institutions, backed up by coercion that make decisions that implement rules to e(cid:374)for(cid:272)e or support the so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s (cid:374)or(cid:373)s a(cid:374)d (cid:448)alues: Legislative branch: comes up with laws: executive branch: implements laws and advises on policy. Liberal democracy (less than half of 191 un members: authoritarian or absolutist (burma; saudi arabia, communist (china; cuba; vietnam; n. korea, theocratic (iran; vatican) In liberal democracies conflict can occur between different branches of the state:
